"Ecuador's Alleged Giant Skeleton: Separating Fact from Fiction"
Claims of a giant's skeleton unearthed in Ecuador have been debunked by a new study, which found that the estimated height of the individual was grossly overblown. The so-called "Julcuy giant" was initially believed to have stood at 2.1 meters tall, but a reevaluation of the remains suggests a much shorter stature of around 5 feet to 5 feet 4 inches. The study, published in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, concluded that the individual's height was consistent with that of an Indigenous American man born at least 400 years ago, dispelling the myth of a long-lost race of giants.